Greetings from Global Youth Connect!
We are writing to remind you and the youth (ages 18-35) in your networks about the Regular Application Deadlines for the Global Youth Connect Human Rights Delegations to Bosnia and Rwanda for Summer 2011.
The final regular deadline to receive applications is January 19, 2011.
Brief information on the programs can be found below in this email and more detailed application information is available on our website
We greatly appreciate your help in making sure we get the word out to talented and motivated young leaders who might be interested in this unique international opportunity for learning, service and connection for human rights, conflict resolution and peace-building.
In Solidarity,
Jesse Hawkes
Executive Director & Rwanda Program Director Global Youth Connect www.globalyouthconnect.org Empowering Youth to Advance Human Rights, and Create a More Just World
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: DELEGATIONS TO RWANDA AND BOSNIA: SUMMER 2011
Global Youth Connect, an international human rights organization that facilitates cross-cultural human rights programming for youth, is pleased to announce that we are accepting applications from young leaders (ages 18-35) for our Summer 2011 international human rights delegations to Bosnia and Rwanda.
Each GYC human rights delegation is a unique, first-hand opportunity to cross cultural boundaries, learn about the daily reality of human rights as experienced in a complex and increasingly globalized world, and to contribute to progressive action. Each delegation weaves together three core sets of activities:
• a training workshop with local youth activists
• site visits to important institutions & historical sites
• service projects with grassroots organizations
We invite interested young leaders to apply. We are looking for participants who are between the ages of 18-35 and who possess U.S.
or Canadian citizenship or residency as well as international students studying full-time at a U.S. or Canadian college or
university. Most importantly, applicants should wish to expand their
knowledge and understanding of human rights and/or conflict resolution and social justice and to offer hard work, skills, connections to the work already underway in Rwanda, Bosnia, and globally. Participants will become part of a growing global movement of youth acting together for compassion, human rights and responsibility.
BOSNIA HUMAN RIGHTS DELEGATION 2011
Location: Bosnia
Dates: June 22-July 13, 2011
Level: Student/Young Prof. (18-35yrs)
Program Tuition: $2,500
Application Deadline: January 19, 2011
This human rights program will focus specifically on the roots of conflict and the dynamics of justice, reconciliation, and peace building as experienced in Bosnia more than a decade after the signing of the peace accord. In particular, participants will gain experience in conflict resolution and transformation as well as deepen their understanding of the post-conflict challenges faced by Bosnians today, especially young people from various ethnic and religious backgrounds. Short-term volunteer service projects, alongside Bosnian youth participants, will take place in Sanski Most, working in conjunction with the Center for Peacebuilding and other grassroots organizations involved in the conflict resolution training session co-led by GYC’s program director, Miki Jacevic (Deputy Director, Hunt Alternatives, Washington D.C.).
For detailed information on program activities, costs, fundraising guide, and application information, please visit:
Specific information about previous Bosnia delegations can be found at http://cts.vresp.com/c/?GlobalYouthConnect/766638a400/f46658bd99/44db39b7c6.
TWO SUMMER 2011 HUMAN RIGHTS DELEGATIONS TO RWANDA
Location: Rwanda
Level: Student/Young Professional
Delegation 1: June 18 – July 11, 2011
Delegation 2: July 23 – Aug. 15, 2011
Tuition: $2200 (per delegation)
Application Deadline: January 19, 2011
Both delegations to Rwanda will explore the roots of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, how this legacy of violence has impacted the country and its people, particularly Rwandan youth, and also how the country is rebuilding today. We will examine issues of truth, justice and reconciliation in the context of post-conflict Rwanda and what is needed to strengthen local institutions and programs dedicated to advancing human rights in Rwanda and around the world. Both delegations will work in a Learning and Action Community (LAC) with Rwandan peers and organizations to explore the human rights situation in Rwanda and the world today and to take concrete action steps together to support current and future efforts for human rights protection and promotion, both in Rwanda and abroad. We will focus on the relationship between human rights and international development, the relationship between the arts and human rights, and the role of grassroots organizations in the realization of human rights. In volunteer service activities we will focus on several key issues:
children’s rights, LGBTI rights, public health, juvenile justice, and the rights of historically marginalized groups.
For detailed information on program activities, costs, fundraising guide, and application information, please visit:
Specific information about previous Rwanda delegations can be found at
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?GlobalYouthConnect/766638a400/f46658bd99/ecf2380ae1 and by visiting our Rwanda program blog www.turikumwe.wordpress.com
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